"Architecture to Zucchini: The people, companies and organizations pioneering sustainability" is a two-hour, 12 segment educational DVD resource for all industries, especially agriculture. Using 12 interviews with sustainability's leaders and company tours, it focuses on defining sustainability in business terms, lessons learned while adopting sustainable business practices and operating a successful socially responsible business. Several case studies address sustainable agriculture with respect to organic farming, marketing and distribution, restaurant use, social impact, and finance. The DVD sells for $60 and is available from Amazon.com, Instructional Video and other distributors.

Mail surveys and in-depth interviews were used to gather information from certified organic farmers in Illinois. Brief demographic information is provided. Quotations from these farmers provide rich descriptions of the main things that influence their farming operations. Analysis provides overview of these key factors.

Three mail surveys were conducted with organic farmers, self-identified "sustainable" farmers, and researchers funded by SARE. The information needs of the farmers (topics and types of information dissemination) are compared to the research that has been done. The article describes how organic farmers information needs often do not match with research that has been conducted.

Puerto Rico is particularly well placed to become a major producer of tropical organic products with extensive available land, excellent infrastructure, unfettered access to U.S. markets, and decades of sustained activism. Yet, while other Caribbean countries are investing in the sector, organic production in Puerto Rico is negligible at best. Puerto Rico’s dilemma stands as a warning to countries increasingly pressured to give up their productive sectors in favor of “free trade.”

The results of the study and survey of 1000 households to determine which standards consumers are most interested in supporting through their purchases.